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%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% A faction of the descendants of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero/Ovambanderu and Nama genocide plan to host a genocide memorial event in Windhoek from 26 to 28 May.
Political analysts attribute the low turnout at the 33rd commemoration of Heroes Day to the event’s perceived bias towards a Swapo narrative, overshadowing the wider spectrum of the nation’s history.
President Hage Geingob says he could have been a victim of the bloody 1978 Cassinga attack had it not been for a truck driver who refused to transport him to the camp to undergo.